307 reviews for:

The Sea Wolf Jack London

Jack London

3.81 AVERAGE

wildwhelan's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

darkside_cookies's review against another edition

3.0

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δεν τον αδικώ που ήταν έτσι... ο άνθρωπος είχε ημικρανίες 

cobalt_3d's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love Jack London. Many people love and admire Martin Eden, however, for me, the "sea wolf" is a very special book. Although the narrative is conducted in the first person, it quickly becomes clear that the main character is another person. The wolf Larsen is an ambiguous, contradictory, tough, sometimes even cruel figure. His reasoning sometimes seem very categorical, you can argue with them, but in some ways you agree with him. It is impossible to call Larsen a 100% antagonist - it is impossible and there is interest in this. The character, on behalf of which the narrative is conducted, is not different from the wolf, and the lion's share of the work is built on their discussions, dialogues, but in the end there is a rather heavy denouement.
 In fact, I re -read the "sea wolf" several times, and the older I become, the more this work opens.

brig_berthold's review against another edition

5.0

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Holy crap, I LOVED this experience. Wolf Larsen has joined the lineup of my favorite literary characters.

thomasr417's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rene_lytle's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gconner's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nhi_nguyen's review against another edition

3.0

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REREAD (2/10/22)
After rereading the book for a second time, it did get better. I was able to appreciate the plot and characters more instead of worrying over the jargon. Still hated it though.

FIRST READ (8/14/21)
*3.5
Ok...

So mixed feelings.

I hate this...but I also like it.

There were a few exciting parts, particularly near towards the end of the book. But I gotta say, I drudged through the entire thing wanting to throw it in the trash once I'm done. The story has very good plots and characters, but the texts were filled with jargon that hurt my head trying to decipher. Really meh, and wasn't worth my time. But it's for school so........

tonyf111's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

littletaiko's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes